On Monday 21st I did a bunch of Book Week talks at Flagstaff Hill R-7. This school is actually my old primary school. So much has changed. There is a bunch of new play equipment all through the school.

As usual I did my character creation section. This is what the kids came up with.

First up we have Billy the pig. He has pencils for arms, chicken legs and a banana for a body. He lives in a volcano in Candy land.

Here we have Stick the monkey. muscle man body, T-rex arms and corn for legs. The lives in a cupboard on Mars.

Third we have Jeff the rabbit. He has unicorns for arms, a donut for a body and eyeballs for legs. He lives in a giant chezzel on the Moon.

Lastly we have Ben the dog. He has a sagetti and meatballs body, robot arms and piranhas for legs. He lives in a donut on mars as well.

Thanks to all the kids and staff for making my visit awesome. It was great to see my old Primary school again.

Book Week is fast approaching and I have also started already going to schools getting in early. On Monday the 31st I went down to Woodville Gardens Primary. This is actually the local school of my area so it only took me 2 minutes to drive there.

Once there, the kids and teachers were great! It’s awesome to know that I have such a good school so close to my house.

Here is what 2 of the 3 groups came up with in my character creation part of the sessions. Unfortunately my camera didn’t work for the 3rd session (sorry guys)

First we have HAMMY the pig. Hammy has a burger for a body, T-rex arm and human legs. He lives in a giant TV on Mars.

Next we have BOB. Bob is an elephant that has a chicken for a body, crayfish arms and robot legs. He lives in a giant turtle shell on the moon.

Look what came in the mail today!!! My advanced copy of HOT DOG 2 PARTY TIME! The 2nd book in the series drawn by me and written by Anh Do. Awesomely wrapped with party gear by Rebecca at Scholastic Australia!

This year at some of the schools I trialed a drawing workshop where I would go through character creation and world building with the kids and then they would draw there own. It worked out great and I’m going to add it as an option for other schools from now on.

Here are what the kids came up with in the character creation part of my normal talks.

Right after doing my King’s Baptist Grammar talks I drove down to the Playford library to give another talk. It was a good turn out and everything went great. Here is what the kids came up with when I did my character creation bit.

Meet Milkshake the cat. He has a log for a body, brooms for arms and octopus legs. He lives in a magician’s hat in space

I got to do a bunch of talks at St. Michael’s Primary Campus. As usual I did my character creation bit at the end of my talks. Here is what the kids came up with.

First we have Jeff the Hippo. He has cactus for arms, pogo stick legs and a cats paw for a body. He lives in a giant hotdog in the land of lollies.

Next we have Bob the lion. He has crab arms, human legs with heads for feet and a roast chicken body. He lives in a giant meatball on the moon.

Here we have Pie the pig. He has forks for arms, crocodiles for legs and a pizza for a body. He lives in a giant googly eyed fish also on the moon.

Last but not least we have Jeff the chihuahua. He has tentacles for arms, robot legs and a cardboard box for a body. Jeff lives in a giant slinky. I run out of time to draw what world he lives in but I would like to think that he lives in the world of marshmallows.

It was a great day at St. Michael’s Primary School. Everyone was really friendly and the timing of the talks worked really well. All the kids were into it and I had an awesome time.